A Traffic Flow Simulation Framework for Learning Driver Heterogeneity from Naturalistic Driving Data using Autoencoders

This paper proposes a novel data-centric framework for microscopic traffic flow simulation with intra and inter driver heterogeneity. We utilized a naturalistic driving corpus of 46 different drivers to learn and model the behavior divergence of Japanese drivers. First, ego-driver behavior signals a...

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Main Authors: Ekim Yurtsever, Chiyomi Miyajima, Kazuya Takeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal of Automotive Engineering
Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsaeijae/10/1/10_20194087/_article/-char/ja
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Summary:This paper proposes a novel data-centric framework for microscopic traffic flow simulation with intra and inter driver heterogeneity. We utilized a naturalistic driving corpus of 46 different drivers to learn and model the behavior divergence of Japanese drivers. First, ego-driver behavior signals are used to extract unique features of each driver with an auto-encoder. Then, using these features, drivers are divided into groups using unsupervised clustering algorithms. For each driver group, a feedforward neural network is trained for predicting the desired speed given the road topology. The trained network is then used in a microscopic traffic flow model for simulations. We used a macroscopic traffic survey conducted in Japan to evaluate the proposed framework. Our findings indicate that the proposed framework can simulate a realistic traffic flow with high driver heterogeneity.
ISSN:2185-0992